Tiananmen 20: Liu Hongbin
Poet Liu Hongbin fled China after taking part in the Tiananmen Square protests. Here, he describes his experience of returning to China as a persona non grata in 1997
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PAST EVENT: Seven years with hard labour
Index on Censorship and iceandfire present Seven Years With Hard Labour, a performance composed of five accounts from former and current political prisoners in Burma. Through their engaging, divergent and often humorous stories a damning picture of a ruthless military regime is painted. The world premiere takes place at Global Forum on Freedom of Expression, 3 June 8.30pm at Litteraturhuset, Wergenlandsveien, 29, 0167 Oslo. Scripted by Christine Bacon and Sara Masters (iceandfire) Commissioned and co-produced by Index on Censorship
Sri Lanka journalist assaulted
A Sri Lankan journalist and activist is in hospital after being abducted and beaten by unidentified attackers. Read more here
China blocks social media ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
The Chinese authorities have blocked a range of popular social media including blogger, flickr, youtube and twitter ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen square massacre on 4 June.
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